• Trailer Watch – Big Eyes

    Not much has been seen from Tim Burton since he directed the stop-motion film Frankenweenie, but now he’s back and, for this film at least, he’s shed the stereotypes that have made his name in cinema and is trying something new. Nary a Johnny Depp nor a Helena Bonham...
  • Scrapbook – Ambitious Films

    In anticipation for Christopher Nolan’s wormhole wandering in his pioneering sci-fi epic Interstellar, our writers have united on a voyage to discover some of the most ambitious films ever to have been made. War and Peace The production notes for the 1967 Best Foreign Language Picture winner, War and Peace...
  • Short Focus Scrapbook – Top 10 Pixar Shorts

    Following the recent trailer release of Pixar’s upcoming feature Inside Out, there is increasing anticipation for the film’s accompanying short film, Lava, which premiered this past summer at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival. Having never met a person whose face fails to light up when the title screen for these few minute joys...
  • Trailer Watch – Tomorrowland

    Last week, Disney stepped forward to unveil the teaser trailer for their new feature, Tomorrowland. Brad Bird, director of The Incredibles, is the second to take on the task converting a Disney World parks attraction into a film. The first, Gore Verbinski, had elevated success with the Pirates of the Caribbean...
  • The Five Stages of a Hangover

    We’ve all been there. Only eight hours ago you swore to ‘take it easy’. Well, the morning has arrived and the worst day of your life is ahead of you. Enjoy the five stages of hell…I mean hangover. Stage One: Actual Death Is this the end? Probably. You’re hitting about a...
  • Trailer Watch – Inside Out

    Following Disney Pixar’s most recent release Monsters University, comes the teaser trailer for their newest feature film, Inside Out. The film will follow the life of a young girl, Riley Anderson, and her move to San Francisco, though there will be no talking toys and closeted monsters in Pixar’s...
  • Hallin’ Ballin’

    Here it is: the big change. Hopefully, you’ve been here for a week already and you’re settling in swimmingly. You’re finally making the transition between being cooped up in your maternal home to being completely unmonitored in a flat of your very own, how exciting. But just to make...